mal du pays

noun

homesickness

Meanings

nounmal du pays (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehomesickness

Origin

  1. Frenchmal du pays
  2. Frenchmal du pays
  3. Englishmal du pays

Borrowed from French mal du pays.

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mal du pays. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mal%20du%20pays

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